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Dubai Lynx Awards 2016 winners announced

The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity has announced the winners of the 10th annual awards.
Dubai Lynx Awards 2016 winners announced

Terry Savage, Chairman, Lions Festivals, said that work this year had again raised the bar. “There is an ever-increasing demonstration of globally-recognisable excellence at Dubai Lynx. But what’s also apparent is the surge of a distinctly, proudly regional tone. We celebrate what sets MENA apart as well as what allows it to compete on the world stage.”

The 2016 winners are:

CATEGORY AWARDS

Branded Content & Entertainment

  • No Grand Prix awarded
  • Other awards: 5 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze

    Creative Effectiveness

  • Grand Prix: J. Walter Thompson Cairo, Egypt, “Fakka”, Vodafone Egypt
  • Other awards: 2 Creative Effectiveness Lynx

    Design

  • Grand Prix: Cheil MENA, Dubai, UAE, “Samsung Kalimalock”, Samsung Gulf Electronics
  • Other awards: 2 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze

    Direct

  • Grand Prix: J. Walter Thompson Beirut, Lebanon, “The Good Note”, Bou Khalil Supermarché
  • Other awards: 4 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze

    Film

  • No Grand Prix awarded
  • Other awards: 2 gold, 2 silver, 7 bronze

    Film Craft

  • Grand Prix: Du Dubai/Leo Burnett Dubai, UAE, “Verisimilitude at Noon/The Russian Odyssey/Tears of Winter”, Du
  • Other awards: 4 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze

    Grand Prix for Good

  • Grand Prix: J. Walter Thompson Dubai, UAE, “I Can Teach You Too”, Dubai Cares

    Integrated

  • Grand Prix: J. Walter Thompson Beirut, Lebanon, “The Good Note”, Bou Khalil Supermarché
  • Other awards: 1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze

    Interactive

  • Grand Prix: MEMAC Ogilvy Dubai & FP7/DXB Dubai, UAE, “Dark Iftar”, Coca Cola Middle East
  • Other awards: 3 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze

    Media

  • Grand Prix: BBDO Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan, “The World’s First Billbed”, Moltyfoam.
  • Other awards: 9 gold, 14 silver, 20 bronze

    Mobile

  • Grand Prix: 3SG – BBDO Ariana, Tunisia, “Backup Memory”, Samsung
  • Other awards: 2 silver, 4 bronze

    Outdoor

  • Grand Prix: MEMAC Ogilvy Dubai / Geometry Global Dubai / Ogilvy & Mather Singapore, UAE, “Handle on Hygiene”, Unilever
  • Other awards: 1 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze

    PR

  • Grand Prix: J. Walter Thompson Beirut, Lebanon, “The Good Note”, Bou Khalil Supermarché
  • Other awards: 5 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze

    Print

  • Grand Prix: MEMAC Ogilvy & Mather Doha / MEMA Ogilvy Dubai, Qatar, “Star Pattern / Arabesque / Geometric Motifs”, Qatar Islamic Bank
  • Other awards: 3 silver, 3 bronze

    Print & Outdoor Craft

  • No Grand Prix awarded
  • Other awards: 1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze

    Promo & Activation

  • Grand Prix: Leo Burnett Beirut, Lebanon, "Merry Balconies”, Procter & Gamble
  • Other awards: 4 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze

    Radio

  • No Grand Prix awarded
  • Other awards: 1 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze

    SPECIAL AWARDS

    Network of the Year

  • 1st place: J. Walter Thompson
  • 2nd place: BBDO
  • 3rd place: Ogilvy & Mather

    Agency of the Year

  • 1st place: Impact BBDO, Dubai
  • 2nd place: Memac Ogilvy, Dubai
  • 3rd place: J. Walter Thompson Dubai

    Independent Agency of the Year

  • 1st place – King Tut’s Playground, Cairo
  • 2nd place – Spark* Publinet, Dubai
  • 3rd place – Bold Agency, Riyadh

    Media Agency of the Year

  • 1st place – UM MENA, Dubai
  • 2nd place – Starcom Mediavest Group, Dubai
  • 3rd place – OMD, Dubai

    Lynx Palm Award

  • 1st place – Good People, Beirut
  • 2nd place – Lighthouse Films, Cairo
  • 3rd place – Déjà Vu, Dubai

    Dubai Lynx Advertising Person of the Year

  • Sheikh Waleed Al-Ibrahim, Group Chairman, MBC

    Advertiser of the Year

  • Emirates NBD

    YOUNG LYNX COMPETITIONS

    Young Lynx Integrated Competition

  • Tiago Cortez, Geometry Global; Naz Yunt, MEMAC Ogilvy and Lara Kerbaj, Unilever

    Young Lynx Print Competition

  • Victor Haffling and Andreas Schwitter, DDB Dubai

    Young Lynx Media Competition

  • Razan Jalloul and Layan El Hafi, FP7/DXB

    Young Lynx Twitter Competition

  • Hisham Lahouasnia, David Sanchez, Ahmed El Gamal, Alia Abouchaar and Kelly Tomes, Impact BBDO

    STUDENT AWARDS & SCHOOLS COMPETITION

    Masar Student Creative Award for Print

  • Sandra Abou Jaoudeh, Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts

    du Integrated Student Award

  • Chelsea Abi Saab, Lebanese American University

    FP7 School Print Competition

  • Ruqaiya Huzaifa Ali

    University of the Year

  • Lebanese American University

    Further information on the winners can be found online at www.dubailynx.com

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